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Transgender Day of Remembrance
Bilerico 4 days ago
Transgender Day of Remembrance is today. 117 transgender people were killed for being who they are this past year.
Good news or bad ideas? KY, MI, OH, TX re-examine marriage amendments
Bilerico 4 days ago
The marriage equality drumbeat has rumbled on with news that several states will be attempting to re-examine their state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and/or civil unions.
What will President Obama do about that pesky federal Prop 8 suit?
Bilerico 4 days ago
While the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit continues its battle in federal court, leaders in the LGBT community are casting a suspicious eye on the White House, asking whether or not our 'fierce advocate' up there is going to come to our aide when thousands of same-sex couples in California most need him.
Wedded to stupidity: anti gay marriage rhetoricians
Bilerico 4 days ago
Newsclipper services send me scurrying all over the Internetiverse, up shadowy staircases, into brightly lit rooms, through mirrored passages and sometimes into rancid larders.
Follow-ups: Caster, Mary Cheney, Bash Back! vs. Join the Impact, and Perez
Bilerico 4 days ago
Here are a few random follow-ups to stories we wrote about a Bilerico:
Caster Semenya will keep her prize from her 800m gold in Berlin, but it's uncertain whether she'll be allowed to compete any more as a woman.Report: Gay Priests No More Likely To Abuse
Bilerico 4 days ago
A preliminary report commissioned by the U.S. Catholic Bishops in response to priest sex abuse scandals finds no evidence that gay priests are more likely to abuse minors than their straight counterparts.
AFA not happy with Gap "Christmas" commercial
Bilerico 4 days ago
After leading a failing boycott of Gap clothing (and their subsidiaries like Old Navy) for not saying the word "Christmas" in their advertising, the American Family Association got their wish.
Judge deals a rhetorical blow to DOMA
Bilerico 5 days ago
This is a small decision that governs court personnel, but it seems to imply that there is law that is more important than DOMA when it comes to government benefits nonetheless:
A gay lawyer in the federal public defender's office in Los Angeles, denied government health coverage for his husband after their marriage last year, is entitled to extra pay to cover the cost of private insurance, a federal appeals court judge ruled Wednesday.
BREAKING NEWS: Tampa Adds Gender Identity Protections
Bilerico 5 days ago
The Tampa City Council should be commended for expanding non-discrimination protections to those who live, work and visit the city.
In My Grandmother's Dress
Bilerico 5 days ago
Dear Father Tony,
I read what you recently wrote about parenting so maybe you can settle something for me.
On Determining Impact, Or, How Stimulative Is Stimulus?
Bilerico 5 days ago
We strive to be, if anything, a participatory space around here, and I've had a question come to my inbox that is very much deserving of our attention.
I Now Pronounce You Null and Void
Bilerico 5 days ago
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.
1982 Sesame Street: "I have one dad... I've got two"
Bilerico 5 days ago
Dana featured this Sesame Street video from 1982 at her pad. Check out the reference to two dads at around 1:18.
Jorge and Will: Tragedy and Hope
Bilerico 5 days ago
This week two stories collided: The story of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and the story of Will Phillips.
Lambda Legal sues because health care isn't a luxury
Bilerico 5 days ago
A few months ago, saying they needed to cut spending, the state of Arizona rescinded domestic partner benefits for same-sex partners of state employees.
Illinois' Jacob Meister aims to be the first openly gay Senate candidate
Bilerico 5 days ago
Jacob Meister and his campaign manager, Lowell Jaffe, were standing outside of a CVS Pharmacy on DuPont Circle, in Washington DC the morning of the National Equality March.
Queer Maine - a very different anti-marriage postscript
Bilerico 5 days ago
When you have fifteen minutes to devote to this, I urge you to have a listen to this articulate anti-assimilationist queer as he constructs an excellent economic reframe of Maine and gives voice to a point of view that was almost entirely stifled during the we-must-have-marriage gay juggernaut in Maine.
Thank You, Straight, White Women!
Bilerico 5 days ago
In the 1980's, when AIDS transfixed and terrified the entire nation, decimated a generation of gay men and brought the concept of guilt and shame to a whole new (mostly sexual) level, something remarkable happened.
DC Board of Elections rejects marriage ballot initiative... a model for America?
Bilerico 6 days ago
HRC's blog reports that there won't be a ballot initiative on marriage in DC:
Today, the D.
Colbert & San Fran's Rep Jackie Speier
Bilerico 6 days ago
Representative Jackie Speier of California's 12th District sat down with Steven Colbert for his "Better Know a District" segment.
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